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I bought a SSD for this sturdy old laptop. It has a SATA controller but the connectors are different from all the other SATA connectors I've encountered. I've upgraded three machines to SSDs so... The HP drive has down-facing connectors whereas the other drives have out-facing connectors. What's...

How far are we from virtual reality or augmented reality becoming a mainstream platform? The reason I ask this is because technology is always taking a leap ahead. Every new day we see something new popup. Will the way things are turning up let one piece of tech settle down.

My issue is that my laptop Satellite L55Dt-C5209S, after a restore, didn't recognize the special keys of volume, bright, play, rewind and forward in F1-F12 that function before very well. Only the volume keys function with Fn. Help me...

My sanyo flat screen is now hooked up to an Xbox 360 only but I have no color what so ever in it... Why? And how do I change it back??

Scouring former threads,I cant find an answer.Will enabling integrated and dedicated gpus work with video rendering?My system is this:Aorus Gaming 7 mobo,32 gb DDR4 2600 of Kingston ram(value ram,no X.M.P.),I-78700k(o.c.to 4.9),GeForce 1060 O.C. dual fan edition,120 gb m.2 ssd(o.s. and sony...

Hello everybody, I am new on here and wondered how I could Record on to Panasonic DMR-EX88 dvd recorder from New Panasonic 4K tv that doesn't have scart connections.only HDMI. I have just changed my TV and the old tv had scart coccections so when I connected DVD to TV via scart Through AV1, as...

I always find security flaws and malware very interesting, but I struggle to find in-depth explanations on how a system is being exploited by an attacker. For example, Tom's Hardware's article on the new Spectre flaw published today doesn't tell you more than there is some exploit to a...

Hello everybody, I have a Dell Latitude E6430, which I use it mainly as a "portable" gaming device with an eGPU. It has an i5-3340M on board (2.70 GHz - 3.4Ghz turbo) and 8GB DDR3 RAM. I have the possibility to cheaply upgrade it to i7-3740QM with around 55 dollars. Is it worth it? Does CPU...

I bought a laptop about six months ago for $1140, and paid $300 for a warranty that said if it broke beyond repair, I would get my money back in store credit. Sadly, it broke. I now have $1140 in Best Buy Canada store credit, and am planning to build a PC instead of buying a pre-built because I...

Hi, I trying to make a choice between these two HP Pavilion 15 laptops: A: AMD A12 quad core, 12gb ram and 4gb radeoo graphics B: 7th generation core i5 with 8gb ram (not sure about the graphics) I mean to use the laptop for Visual Studio Code, Android Studio, Photoshop and maybe some...

Hi Friends , How to make the communication 10 virtual machines created from 10 different VLANS . Is there any possibility

I’m using Hp Envy m6-1125dx notebook comes with: HP ENVY m6-1125dx Notebook PC CPU: Intel Core i5 3230M @ 2.60GHz with Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.10GHz Memory: 8GB DDR3 SDRAM (2 DIMM) 1600MHz Graphics: Intel HD graphics 4000 with up to 1664MB total graphics memory Operating System: Windows...

Hey guys! i just made my account today and, it's wonderful to finally be part of the Tom's Hardware Community! I have a question / discussion about my Sony Bravia X7500E 49" that i bought around 3 months ago in April. (If you haven't heard of this TV before, i'm not surprised because this TV is...

Hello as i opened my laptop to find s/n of my broken lcd, my screwdriver did a short circuit in the pin connector (iaptop was powered on) and laptop shut down immediately. After this, laptop switched on normally and is working properly with the external monitor like used to but after the short...

I found teensy little reset hole on the bottom, but now what? Stick a straight pin in it? Then what? Seems simple, but just checking first?

Hey, I have a i3 6100u and i'm planning to upgrade to i7 7500u, I already check their specification and their almost identical to each other with same socket: FCBGA1356, are there any more requirements for compatibility except the bios cus I already updated mine

Hi Tom's Hardware community, A friend of mine reached out to me asking about a laptop for her daughter for school. I'm not up-to-date on the hardware for laptops but looking for something that is good enough for school and maybe some minecraft (thats the only game she really plays). We are...

Hi, my laptop keyboard stopped working after windows 10 reinstall. can I get some suggestions on what to do to fix it? Laptop: Asus GL502VL OS: Windows 10 home 64bit so the main issue is that the laptop keyboard does not work, and while looking through the divers I saw that it was the...

Does a Samsung m.2 960 EVO NVME work in HP ZBook 15 G3 ?

My cable box is connected to HDMI 1 and I would like to connect my Firestick to the second HDMI. Can this be done in a way that I dont have to open the menu on my tv to change the HDMI to be used each time? Thanks